2025 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC)

Location: Marriott Baltimore Waterfront 700 Aliceanna St., Baltimore, MD

Overview

Mark your calendars, the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) will be held a few weeks earlier this year on Tuesday, April 22, 2025!

The VRIC emphasizes the exchange of basic and translational vascular science that stimulates thoughtful discussion and motivates participants to discover solutions to important problems affecting vascular patients. The VRIC brings together vascular surgeons, vascular biologists, physicians with an interest in vascular problems, vascular surgery trainees and research trainees in vascular surgery and vascular biology.

The VRIC will be held in conjunction with the American Heart Association's Vascular Discovery 2025 Scientific Sessions From Genes to Medicine, also held at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront (April 22-25, 2025). The SVS has teamed up with AHA to offer these two exclusive meetings in the same location and timeframe to help save attendees on travel costs; however, please note the VRIC and Vascular Discovery are two separate conferences with separate registration fees.

2025 Alexander W. Clowes Distinguished Lecturer

Ulf Hedin, MD

 Ulf Hedin, MD
Surgeon-Scientist, Professor, Department of Vascular Surgery
Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institute

Dr. Ulf Hedin, a renowned surgeon-scientist and professor in the Department of Vascular Surgery at Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institute, will deliver the Alexander W. Clowes Distinguished Lecture at VRIC25. Dr. Hedin brings a wealth of expertise, having served as chairman of Karolinska's Department of Vascular Surgery from 2010 to 2016. His leadership extends across the European Society of Vascular Surgery (ESVS), the Vascular Access Society, and various Swedish health organizations. He also serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Vascular Surgery–Vascular Science (JVS-VS).

Stay tuned for more details, including Dr. Hedin’s insights and reflections, as he prepares to honor Dr. Clowes's legacy.

Vascular Research Initiatives Conference Trainee Award

Attending VRIC 2025 as a trainee? Top-scoring abstracts submitted to the VRIC by trainees will be considered for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference Trainee Award. You must submit your abstract by Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. ET to be considered. Learn More

Registration

Registration will open in late 2024/early 2025.

Questions?

Email the SVS Education Department

Meeting Types
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2025 Vascular Annual Meeting

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Ernest N. Morial Convention Center 900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA